Homegrown Flax and Cotton: DIY Guide To Growing, Processing, Spinning & Weaving Fiber to Cloth

Conner (Seed Libraries) is a pioneer in the fibershed movement, a farm-to-closet approach that critically seeks to develop a sustainable model for clothing that is both healthy to humans and friendly to the environment. Here readers can learn all about the movement itself and its historic roots. The book primarily focuses, however, on the holistic, powerful snapshot of growing flax and cotton, spinning them into fibers, weaving cloth, and making garments. There’s even some discussion of the spiritual aspects of making one’s own clothes. If readers wish to do a deeper dive into this topic, the book has a glossary, a helpful index, an extensive list of further resources, quick reference guides, detailed instructions, and illustrations that will help them create some of the required tools. However, the book does not cover clothing made with other natural fibers, such as hemp or wool.